Women's Swimming & Diving

Kee, Stevick named SCIAC Athletes of the Week for their efforts against Oxy

Michele Kee and James Stevick (Photo by Jack Hancock)

Jan 21, 2014

PASADENA, Calif. – Senior swimmer Michele
Kee and junior diver James Stevick of the
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps swimming & diving teams have each been
named Athlete of the Week by the Southern California
Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC) the conference
announced Tuesday. The duo earned Athlete of the Week honors for
the week of Jan. 13-19 for their efforts against Occidental, as
both the Athenas and Stags won their respective meets.

Kee won two individual events and was on a winning relay team as
CMS beat Occidental 222-75. She won the 100-yard butterfly by 1.81
seconds with a time of 57.99, the fastest time nationally in 2014.
She won the 50-yard freestyle by 0.82 seconds in 24.64 and swam a
26.10 butterfly leg on the winning 200-yard medley relay. She also
swam a 54.05 split in the 400 freestyle relay.

Stevick remained undefeated in SCIAC competition this season with
two zone qualifying scores. He won the 1-meter dive with a score of
322.55 and the 3-meter dive with a score of 309.75. He won by 163
and 128 points, respectively.

The Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference was
established in 1915. The league is currently comprised of nine
private colleges and universities in Southern California:
California Institute of Technology, California Lutheran University,
Chapman University, Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Colleges, University of
La Verne, Occidental College, Pomona-Pitzer Colleges, University of
Redlands, and Whittier College. The conference recognizes
outstanding athletic achievements of its student-athletes on a
weekly and annual basis.